Bài giảng môn Tiếng Anh lớp 8 - Unit 2: Life in the countryside (Getting started) được biên soạn với mục tiêu nhằm giúp học sinh làm quen với các từ vựng: (to) harvest, (to) herd, (to) dry, (to) load, to) transport, buffalo-drawn cart; luyện tập nghe-đọc đoạn hội thoại, trả lời câu hỏi T/F và viết câu trả lời về thông tin bài hội thoại; . Mời quý thầy cô và các em học sinh cùng tham khảo chi tiết nội dung bài giảng! | Welcome to our class LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE What can you see in the picture Tuesday October 5th 2021 UNIT 2 LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE GETTING STARTED It s harvest time. Vocabulary - to harvest thu hoạch gặt - to herd chăn trâu bò . - to dry phơi khô lúa. - to load chất lên tải - to transport vận chuyển - to explore khám phá - envious adj. ghen tị - buffalo-drawn cart n. xe bò Nguyen Nick 1. Listen and read a. Are these sentences true T or false F T 1 Nguyen didn t think country life could be so interesting. F 2 Nguyen never joins the boys in herding the buffaloes. F 3 . Rice is transported home on trucks. T 4. .Nick would like to visit the countryside at harvest time. T 5 . Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in the countryside. b. Answer the following questions. 1. Where is Nguyen now gt He s in the countryside. 2. When was he able to make new friends gt Right on his first day here. 3. What is Nguyen s kite like gt It s big and colorful. 4. Who is Nguyen probably staying with gt He is probably staying with his grandfather. 5. Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen gt Yes he does. c. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. 1. When a thing has lots of bright colours it is _. colourful 2. When people are not in a hurry they _ . move slowly 3. A busy time when people collect their crops is called _ . harvest time 4. A place where rice grows is called a _ . paddy field 5. My brother is talking his buffaloes out to feed them. He s _ them. herding 6. Rice is loaded onto a _to transport it buffalo drawn cart home. d. Find how Nguyen feels about his stay in the countryside. Tick the appropriate box. Look for expressions from the conversation to support your ideas. 1. He likes it. gt . it s more exciting than I expected. quot gt It the kite looks great up there in the sky. gt I live more happily here and there s still a lot more to explore. 2. He doesn t mind it. 3. He doesn t like it. GRAMMAR NOTE 1. Comparative forms of adjectives review It s .
